Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Anne Conway
401-769-9675 or aconway@rihs.org

Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Anne Conway
401-769-9675 or aconway@rihs.org

10th Annual Labor Day Open House
Admission is free inside the Museum of Work &
Culture and to all its events today! The museum’s
new Treasury of Life exhibit will be featured.

John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Dalila Goulart
401-331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org

If These Walls Could Talk….
Dramatic Reading of Cry Elmina
Dr. Vanessa Quainoo, Associate Professor of
Communication Studies at the University of
Rhode Island, will be reading excerpts of her
epic poem Cry Elmina. The poem looks into
the lives of enslaved Africans while being held
captive at the slave castle Elmina before taken on
the Middle Passage across the Atlantic.

Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Anne Conway
401-769-9675 or aconway@rihs.org

Museums on Us:
Free Admission for Bank of America Customers!
The Museum of Work & Culture, for the seventh
consecutive year, has been selected to participate
in the Bank of America Museums on US program.
Visitors to the Museum will receive free
admission every first weekend of the month for
the rest of the year by simply presenting their
Bank of America card. Additionally, participants
will receive 10% off their purchases in the
Museum Store.

Rhode Island Historical Society Library
121 Hope Street, Providence
To Register and for more information: Lee Teverow,
401-273-8107 x10 or lteverow@rihs.org

African American and
Native American Genealogy Workshop
Jeff Howe, local historian and genealogist,
will talk about strategies and resources for
researching your African American and Native
American ancestors. After the presentation,
attendees will have the opportunity to work on
their own family history with the assistance of
Mr. Howe and RIHS librarians. Please bring
any information you have gathered about your
ancestors. Free for RIHS members; $10 for
non-members. Registration is requested. This
program is presented in collaboration with the
Rhode Island Black Heritage Society.

John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Dalila Goulart
401-331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org

If These Walls Could Talk….
Furniture Making and Buying in Early America
Tonight, come learn about historic furniture
from an expert woodworker. Michael Carroll
will highlight pieces of furniture in the RIHS
collection to explain how a furniture buyer’s
desire, and sometimes their pocketbook, influenced
the final design of their purchase. He will
also compare the design and construction of two
nearly identical sideboards by the same maker to
illustrate general methods that a joiner would
follow in working with clients during the Federal
period. Mr. Carroll is a woodworker who specializes
in replicating fireplace surrounds from
the Colonial, Georgian and Federal periods. He
has also been a docent at the John Brown House
Museum for several years.

Aldrich House
110 Benevolent Street, Providence
Contact: Karen Eberhart
401-273-8107 x20 or keberhart@rihs.org

The Rhode Island Historical Society presents
Home Movie Day 2008!
Do you have home movies on film you haven’t
seen in years? Don’t throw them away – drop
them off for Home Movie Day. Don’t have any
films of your own? Come on down and watch
someone else’s! Local film archivists will be on
hand to discuss film preservation, home movies,
and amateur films of regional interest. Bring
your home movies and/or amateur films on
8mm, super 8mm, and 16mm to be screened,
(sorry, no video) on the following drop off days:
Saturday, October 11, Wednesday, October 22,
Thursday, October 23, and Friday, October 24
from 10 – 5 pm. Drop off location is the Rhode
Island Historical Society Library, 121 Hope
Street, Providence. Films will be screened on a
first-come, first-serve basis.

Rhode Island Historical Society Library
121 Hope Street, Providence
For more information: Lee Teverow
401-273-8107 x10 or lteverow@rihs.org

Open House at the RIHS Library!
The Library opens its doors to welcome your
participation in the Rhode Island Historical
Society. View a selection of photos, maps, letters,
early newspapers, diaries, and drawings
from Rhode Island’s distant and not so distant
past; learn about donating your historical artifacts
and documents for posterity; and become a
card-carrying RIHS member or Library Patron.

Free and open to the public.

Aldrich House
110 Benevolent Street, Providence
For more information: Mary Lou Upham
401-331-8575 x33 or mlupham@rihs.org

187th Annual Meeting of the
Rhode Island Historical Society
You are cordially invited to attend the 2008 Annual
Meeting of the Rhode Island Historical Society
for a review of this past year. A reception
bringing together RIHS trustees, members, and
staff will immediately follow the conclusion of
the business meeting and speaking program.

Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Anne Conway
401-769-9675 or aconway@rihs.org

“Woonsocket Now and Again”
The Woonsocket based Riverzedge Arts Project
has collaborated closely with the Museum of
Work & Culture to develop this exhibit which
compares and contrasts the city of Woonsocket
“then and now.” The exhibit will feature paintings
and digital photographs by Riverzedge students
based on their research of the city’s history.
The pieces will represent their interpretation
of the city’s changes and raise questions about
the direction the city is heading. Click here to learn more about the Riverzedge Arts Project.

John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Dalila Goulart
401-331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org

If These Walls Could Talk…. From Roots to Branches:
Today’s Family Connections with the Francises,
Herreshoffs, and the Mason-Eatons
The history of the John Brown House Museum
remains vital and dynamic today! Join us for
this month’s Gallery Night lecture to welcome
Nathanael G. Herreshoff III and Henry A.L.
Brown, descendants of the historic Herreshoff
and Brown Francis families. They will speak
about their experiences growing up in and researching
their respective families. Mr. Herreshoff
and his guest, genealogy researcher
Marianne Healey-Wild, will divulge the latest
information discovered about Karl Friedrich
Herreshoff. Brown will discuss how he worked to
clear the bad reputations of Karl Herreshoff and
John Francis. Attention will also be given to the
Mason-Eaton family line. This exciting night
promises to be full of unique facts, anecdotes,
memories, and perspectives. The presentation
will last about an hour and both speakers will be
available for questions afterwards.

See our website for the SummerWalks walking
tour schedule, which continues until October
15 as well as for hours to the John Brown House Museum and the Museum of Work & Culture.